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for-cweðan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-cweðan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
To rebuke, censure, revile, refuse, reject; incrĕpāre, maledīcĕre, recūsāre, rejĭcĕre
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  • Ne sceal hine mon cildgeong ne forcweðan

    one must not while a young child rebuke him,

    • Exon. 89 b
    • ;
    • Th. 336, 14
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 49.
  • Ða fortrúwodan forsióþ óðre menn and eác forcweðaþ [MS. forcueðaþ]

    the presumptuous despise and also revile other men,

    • Past. 32, 1
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 39 b, 27.
  • Se wísa Catulus forcwaeþ Nonium ðone rícan

    the wise Catulus censured Nonius the rich,

    • Bt. 27, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 94, 32.
  • Drihten forcwæþ swelce ælmessan

    the Lord rejected such alms,

    • Past. 45, 4
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 65 a. 26.
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